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Play by play is seldom a baseball guy. Unless it's a guy like Sawkiw who has been slowly moving over to it. He did the Pan Am games on his own so he was both play by play and colour. I think it will be a play by play person from another sport

Originally Posted by weams

You have to realize we have a real life celebrity who posts on our boards Roy firestone.

I agreed, but unfortunately, the call in show's already made him into this know-it-all who most the average fan hates (think of how stupid the average person is, and realize half of them are stupider than that). It's going to take a long time to change that opinion. If he's named the successor to Jerry, I suspect there will be a significant backlash from fans.

Agreed, I can't see the Jays faithful happy with Wilner being in pbp chair for an extended period of time. The guy is wooden behind the mic, no charisma. Wouldn't surprise me if they gave Elliot Price the gig based on his years in Montreal.

Absolutely heartbroken that Jerry's stepping down, but completely understand his reasons why. I will forever cherish the memories of Jerry and Tom Cheek calling the two world series; they were craftsman and I will sorely miss Jerry as I do Tom Cheek.